What Are the Benefits of a Low Glycemic Index Diet

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JENNIE BRAND-MILLER: OK.
So there's two main benefits
of eating low GI.
One of them is that those foods,
carbohydrate foods,
take longer to digest.
And they
go through the small intestine
more slowly.
They keep you feeling fuller,
more satisfied.
You're less likely to eat
morning tea after a low GI
breakfast because the food is
kind of sitting there still.
So that's one benefit
that probably you'll
eat less over the course
of the whole day.
And that spells good things
for weight control.
The second aspect
is that those foods that are
slowly digested and absorbed
have much less effect
on the blood glucose levels.
They're more on even keel.
Instead of being a roller
coaster going up and down
quickly,
you've got this even keel.
And that's good for the cells.
It's good for the mitochondria
inside the cells,
the little furnaces that produce
energy.
All right.
So a low-glycemic index diet
makes you feel good.